A GIS-based interactive web decision support system for planning wind farms in Tuscany (Italy)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 754-763

  Mari, Riccardo ^a   Bottai, Lorenzo ^a   Busillo, Caterina ^a   Calastrini, Francesca ^b   Gozzini, Bernardo ^b   Gualtieri, Giovanni ^b  

^a LaMMA Consortium   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support system; GIS; Interactive web system; Tuscany region; Wind energy policy; Wind resource assessment

Indexed keywords

GIS; TUSCANY; WEB SYSTEM; WIND ENERGY POLICY; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WIND TURBINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WIND POWER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

HARNESS;

EID: 77957332671     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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